2008 President         Indiana Sheriffs Association         Wayne County Sheriff         Matt Strittmatter

Welcome to the Indiana Sheriffs Association Web Site

Please feel free to browse our site as we update our information for 2008.

As Sheriffs, we continue to communicate with State Legislators to make them aware of our concerns throughout Indiana of the needs in running and maintaining our jail facilities. We hope that making our Legislators aware of the issues, they will be more inclined to help pass the legislation needed to accomplish our goals. Some of those concerns are; medical care reimbursement rates for county jails along with medical costs for housing inmates along with concern for housing inmates addicted to Methamphetamine and other substance and alcohol abuse.

The Indiana Sheriffs' Association continues to be a part of regional Sheriff's meetings throughout Indiana. These monthly meetings have become a good source of exchanging information. If you have information you'd like us to pass on to your local Sheriff please contact our office. It is the Indiana Sheriffs' Association mission to help maintain the Office of the Sheriff:

• Through training and education information in the fields of law enforcement, crime prevention and detection, jail management, public safety and civil process to all Indiana Sheriffs.
  
• Support developing laws and policies that promote public safety to its citizens in Indiana.
  
• Provide information and technical assistance to the Sheriffs of Indiana to assist them in providing effective and quality law enforcement services to the citizens of Indiana.
  
• Encourage the involvement of each Sheriff to work towards promoting professionalism and high standards in county law enforcement.
  
• Promote positive interaction among all criminal justice agencies and associations in an effort to increase the effectiveness of law enforcement services to the citizens of Indiana for the betterment of the law enforcement profession.
  
• Maintain and enhance the Office of the Sheriff in the State of Indiana.

I also want to direct you to the Indiana Sheriffs' Sex and Violent Offender Registry, www.indianasheriffs.org . Effective January 1, 2003, Zachary's Law requires sheriff's departments to jointly establish and maintain a web site providing detailed information about individuals who are required to register as sex or violent offenders at Indiana sheriff departments (or, in Marion County, the Indianapolis Police Department). The purpose of the registry is to inform the general public about the identity, location, and appearance of sex and violent offenders who live, work, or study in Indiana. The Indiana Sheriffs' Association along with the Indiana Department of Corrections maintains the web site and would ask if you know of a person who had been convicted of one of the offenses that would require listing them on the offender site, but has failed to do so, please contact your local sheriff or our office so this person can be located.